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Re:Is it time to treat sugar like smoking? by fuzz4lyfe on Sunday June 09, 2019 @02:32PM (#20140933)
A small amount of wine has been shown in small scale studies to have a moderate health benefit (though it's possible that's due to economic factors), most wine users consume far more wine than was studied.

Enjoy your drugs, but don't kid yourself that you are consuming bacteria excrement for your health.

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Re:Is it time to treat sugar like smoking? by michelpp on Sunday June 09, 2019 @02:39PM (#20140995)
Yeast are fungi.
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Re:Is it time to treat sugar like smoking? by pfortuny on Sunday June 09, 2019 @03:10PM (#20141197)
Every edible thing comes from the excrement of others.

Do you eat yoghourt?

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Re:Is it time to treat sugar like smoking? by AnimalMuppet on Sunday June 09, 2019 @03:25PM (#20141299)
Potatoes, corn, or wheat, where the field was not fertilized with animal excrement? How does that come from "the excrement of others"?
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Re:Is it time to treat sugar like smoking? by amanaplanacanal on Sunday June 09, 2019 @08:17PM (#20142800)
Where do you think the nitrogen came from in those fields? Everything is recycled, eventually. As they say "We are stardust"
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Re:Is it time to treat sugar like smoking? by AnimalMuppet on Sunday June 09, 2019 @08:25PM (#20142837)
Dead plants/animals != excrement, though. "Excrement" was the claim.
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